List of Delta Tau Delta chapters
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In the early years of Delta Tau Delta, chapter names were assigned, removed, and reassigned in rapid succession.[1][2] There are at least two incidents of the same name being issued simultaneously.[1] Other chapters selected names and began operating without authorization from the national fraternity; some were eventually authorized, while others were dispatched.[1][2] Because all records from Alpha Prime were lost and Alpha Third was lax in record keeping and ended in scandal, there are gaps in information, especially from 1858 to 1875.[1][2]
flor; In 1877, James Eaton constructed a multi-part history of the fraternity for the Crescent magazine from his memory as the founder of multiple chapters, from the fraternity's records, and interviews with living chapter founders.[1] He documented chapters and name changes that were unknown to William Raimond Baird when he published the first edition of his Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities in 1879.[1][3] For example, Baird lists Mount Union College as Sigma Second but does not list Sigma Prime or the two other Sigma chapters that predated Mount Union.[3][1] Baird also lists charter dates, but leaves the institution's name blank in some instances.[3][2] Eaton often fills in those blanks, but tends to list institutions by place name only which presents a different set of challenges.[1]
This list is a merger of Eaton, Baird, and other sources.